The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents the global shipping industry, is very concerned by reports that a merchant ship, the Palau-flagged tanker ‘Elhiblu 1’, had been taken over by migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, reportedly because the ship was going to return the some 100 rescued persons to Libya.
The Round Table of international shipping associations plus the OCIMF, representing the global shipping and oil industry have announced that the geographic boundaries of the ‘High Risk Area’ for piracy in the Indian Ocean have been reduced, with new advice issued to merchant ship operators.
Submitted by the Marshall Islands, New Zealand, ICS, BIMCO, IFSMA, IMarEST, InterManager, IPTA, RINA, IBIA and ITF, Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment, 6th Session, Agenda Item 13, December 2018.
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